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graffito

[gruh-fee-toh]
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noun, plural graf·fi·ti [gruh-fee-tee] /grəˈfi ti/.

Archaeology. an ancient drawing or writing scratched on a wall or other surface.
a single example of graffiti.

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RELATED WORDS

graffiti, cacography, hieroglyphics

Nearby words

  1. graefe's sign,
  2. graeffe method,
  3. graf,
  4. graf, steffi,
  5. graffiti,
  6. graft,
  7. graft hybrid,
  8. graft-versus-host disease,
  9. graftage,
  10. grafting

Origin of graffito

see origin at graffiti

Usage note

See graffiti.
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Examples from the Web for graffito

  • The price of a wreath is given in a graffito as three asses (p. 497).

    Pompeii, Its Life and Art|August Mau

  • Each bore a stamp on the handle; the smaller had also a graffito on the rim of the bottom made by a succession of little dots.

    Roman Britain in 1914|F. Haverfield

  • For the wineshop in which the graffito was found, see Mau, Bull.

    Pompeii, Its Life and Art|August Mau
Word Origin and History for graffito

graffito

n.

singular of graffiti (q.v.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper